{"id":4282,"date":"2018-05-07T08:30:12","date_gmt":"2018-05-06T22:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/?p=4282"},"modified":"2023-08-08T10:35:11","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T00:35:11","slug":"australias-immigration-policy-political-and-economic-lessons-for-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/australias-immigration-policy-political-and-economic-lessons-for-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia\u2019s immigration policy: Political and economic lessons for Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/tag\/yan-islam\">YAN ISLAM<\/a> |<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2017\/oct\/12\/how-europes-far-right-fell-in-love-with-australias-immigration-policy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Far right European politicians have apparently \u2018fallen in love\u2019<\/a>\u00a0with a particular aspect of Australian immigration policy, namely, the government\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2017\/nov\/24\/the-shame-of-the-evil-being-done-on-manus-will-outlive-us-all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">abysmal treatment of asylum seekers<\/a>. The current regime of dealing with illegal arrivals seeking asylum in Australia is built on two very contentious elements: turning back \u2018boat people\u2019 who seek to reach its shores by sea; running offshore detention centres in poor island states for illegal, sea-borne arrivals at vast expense.<\/p>\n<p>Such a harsh approach is seen by both the current Australian government and the Labour Opposition as the unfortunate, but necessary, price to pay for deterring those who seek to enter illegally. Its advocates contend this approach has been successful in preserving popular support for Australia\u2019s relatively modest\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.refugeecouncil.org.au\/refugee-humanitarian-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Refugee and Humanitarian Program<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Despite being the object of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com.au\/2017\/07\/25\/all-the-times-the-un-has-slammed-australias-asylum-seeker-polic_a_23046469\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">international opprobrium<\/a>, successive Australian governments \u2013 both centre-right and centre-left \u2013 have maintained this\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/we-cannot-rely-morally-on-deterrence-to-justify-our-harsh-refugee-policies-94094\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rather misguided and morally dubious<\/a>\u00a0regime of dealing with \u2018queue-jumping\u2019 asylum-seekers. The message seems to be: if you wish to seek asylum in Australia join the queue and have the patience to be processed through the normal channels. Both\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/politics\/federal\/border-control-is-key-to-a-successful-multicultural-nation-turnbull-20180424-p4zbb1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Malcolm Turnbull, the current Australian Prime Minister,<\/a>\u00a0and Tony Abbott, his nemesis and predecessor,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2017\/oct\/12\/how-europes-far-right-fell-in-love-with-australias-immigration-policy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">are united in seeking to promote this policy as worthy of emulation by rich countries of the West.<\/a>\u00a0These countries, especially in Europe, are feeling besieged by a huge surge in refugees seeking to escape impoverishment and conflict from various parts of the world. No wonder European populists, who wish to whip up nativist sentiment in the midst of a global refugee crisis, are seduced by this siren song emanating from \u2018Down Under\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Please click here to read the full &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.socialeurope.eu\/the-politics-and-economics-of-australias-immigration-policy-lessons-for-europe\">Australia&#8217;s immigration policy: Political and economic lessons for Europe<\/a>&#8221; article at Social Europe, written by Griffith Asia Institute Adjunct Professor Yan Islam.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>YAN ISLAM | Far right European politicians have apparently \u2018fallen in love\u2019\u00a0with a particular aspect of Australian immigration policy, namely, the government\u2019s\u00a0abysmal treatment of asylum seekers. 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